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Esoteric Rites and Forgotten Festivities
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Latin for ‘breath’ linked to ancestral reverence ceremonies
  • 2. Medieval Norse winter fête blending feasting and gift-giving
  • 3. Ancient Greek theatrical and ecstatic festival honoring wine god
  • 4. Early Christian festival derived from Jewish harvest origins
  • 7. Ancient Iranian water-related spring ritual of purification
  • 9. Ancient Roman celebration of chaos and role reversals
  • 10. Old English harvest festival with bread offerings
  • 13. South Asian festival of lights, once more mystically linked to harvest
  • 15. Adjective describing festivals best known for night-time rites
  • 16. Roman rite to appease restless spirits of the dead
  • 17. Roman monthly ceremony marking the new moon’s arrival
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  • 5. Celtic festival signaling the boundary between worlds
  • 6. Pagan winter solstice ritual later absorbed by Christianity
  • 8. Latin root term historically describing sacred communal ceremonies
  • 11. Latin root term for sun’s turning point festivals
  • 12. Invented archaic term for forgotten agrarian generosity rites
  • 14. Obscure Incan ritual involving extreme fire and water trials
  • 18. Roman festival venerating the sacred hearth keeper goddess
  • 19. Pre-Christian midsummer solstice rite marking light’s zenith

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